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The Morrigan said:

I don't disagree that TV is predictable and shitty. And Homelander and the entire situation is absurd, but it's also true to life and extremely accurate in its depiction of what happens when people like him achieve power. That's the point. The fact that he's surrounded by douches doesn't make him right or worth rooting for. It's evidence of how shit at the top sours the entire ecosystem, and how good people will do horrible things to stop it, blurring the lines of who the good guys are. But at the end of the day, he's the assholiest of assholes and extremely weak, deserves to die.

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I can’t believe you just wrote that a poorly adapted TV Superhero show is true to life and extremely accurate in any fashion. I almost Lol’ed. People are almost always a bit more nuanced than UIltimate Bad Guy!

Lots of evidence above that these guys can’t write worth a fuck. Can’t even follow a basic guideline and definitely improved nothing with their adjustments. I don’t cheer for Homelander but fuck if I’m going to cheer for their half assed storyline. “Good people will do horrible things to beat the bad guys!” Is the most cliche garbage ever written. This show went to shit in Season 2 and they thankfully finally put the golden goose down.

The Morrigan said:

I don't disagree that TV is predictable and shitty. And Homelander and the entire situation is absurd, but it's also true to life and extremely accurate in its depiction of what happens when people like him achieve power. That's the point. The fact that he's surrounded by douches doesn't make him right or worth rooting for. It's evidence of how shit at the top sours the entire ecosystem, and how good people will do horrible things to stop it, blurring the lines of who the good guys are. But at the end of the day, he's the assholiest of assholes and extremely weak, deserves to die.

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You say that like the person being this show isnt pushing an agenda they've outright admitted to in interviews.

The Morrigan said:

what happens when people like him achieve power

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Hopefully most humans agree that everyone has a duty to hold to account anyone that has power, not just homelander types, because even with infinite wisdom power causes inevitable corruption.

If we ignore the usual politician corruption of cracking down on free speech, endless laws curtailing freedoms, graft, massive taxation to increase bureaucracy, control of media, etc., all we have to do is look at the hotlines they set up to let karens rat people out during covid. Suddenly, you have people wanting you jailed for not wearing a diaper on your face, wanting you unable to buy food if you don't get a clotshot that somehow doesn't protect you unless everyone else gets multiple doses of it, and suddenly you're not a good parent and your children should be seized by the state.

There's no need to make homelander so comically evil, we can see evil always lurking in the mirror.